An evening with Alex Bollen, author of ‘Motherdom: Breaking free From Bad Science and Good Mother Myths’

We invite you to an evening with the author Alex Bollen, who will talk about her book ‘Motherdom: Breaking free From Bad Science and Good Mother Myths’ that was published this year.

Motherdom explores how Good Mother myths are used to censure mothers and blame them for societal ills. Bogus science is deployed to tell mothers what to do, while the concept of ‘nature’ is used to prescribe how mothers should feel and behave. Alex argues that we need to replace Good Mother myths with motherdom, a more generous and expansive conception of motherhood. Instead of finding fault with mothers, motherdom shifts our focus to the relationships and resources children need to flourish.

Alex Bollen is a researcher with over twenty years of experience, including as a former director of the research agency Ipsos MORI. She is a Postnatal Practitioner with the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), the UK’s largest charity…